Scottie Scheffler said part of his at-home PGA prep was "competing and gambling" with buddies on the greens to keep his short game sharp. "I don't really want to lose to them, either, so I was able to simulate a little bit of competition." ... Read full Story
Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce from his wife, Erica, after seven years of marriage. The golfer's manager issued a statement saying there will be no further comment. ... Read full Story
Four-time PGA Championship winner Tiger Woods will tee off at 8:04 a.m. at Valhalla Country Club on Thursday, while defending champion Brooks Koepka tees off just 33 minutes later. ... Read full Story
Calling last year's Oak Hill finish "a magical carpet ride," Michael Block said Tuesday that at this year's PGA Championship he hopes to "just have a good time." ... Read full Story
Tiger Woods said the negotiations between the PGA Tour's policy board and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund remain "fluid" and there's "a lot of work ahead for all of us." ... Read full Story
After winning the Wells Fargo Championship, McIlroy heads into the PGA Championship on a heater -- again. Can he capitalize this time? ... Read full Story
Jimmy Dunne, who last year helped negotiate the PGA Tour's controversial framework agreement with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, resigned from the tour's policy board on Monday, effective immediately. ... Read full Story
Scottie Scheffler, who hasn't played since winning the RBC Heritage on April 22, arrived at the PGA Championship following the birth of his son, Bennett, on May 8. ... Read full Story
Can Brooks Koepka repeat? Will Xander Schauffele finally win a major? Can anyone stop Scottie Scheffler? We break down the PGA Championship field. ... Read full Story
Steve Stricker, saying he "just can't play four out of five weeks," will not play in the PGA Championship at Valhalla, and was replaced in the field by Alex Smalley. ... Read full Story
Rose Zhang outdueled Madelene Sagstrom to win the Cognizant Founders Cup and end Nelly Korda's record-tying LPGA Tour winning streak at five. Korda finished tied for seventh. ... Read full Story
Rory McIlroy finished at 17-under 267 after four straight rounds in the 60s and won his second straight PGA Tour event after teaming with Shane Lowry to take the Zurich Classic two weeks ago in New Orleans. ... Read full Story
Chris Gotterup won the inaugural Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 67 for a six-stroke victory. ... Read full Story
Doug Barron shot a 6-under 66 for a share of the Regions Tradition lead with Ernie Els on Saturday, heading into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions' first major of the season. ... Read full Story
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In her book Braiding Sweetgrass, scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, recounts some of the stories of her people surrounding Windigos, fearsome, shrieking monsters that prey on human flesh: “The Windigo is most powerful in the Hungry Times. With the warm breezes his power wanes.” Wane is a verb used when something—such as strength, power, or influence—decreases or diminishes, usually with the implication that the lessening is gradual, natural, or—as in the case of the Windigo—seasonal. Daylight wanes, as does summer. In a classroom, one’s attention may be said to wane if, minute by minute, one becomes more interested in watching birds through the window than following the points of the professor’s lecture. For centuries, wane has also been called upon to describe the seeming decrease in the size of the moon in the later phases of the lunar cycle. The traditional opposite of wane is wax, a once common but now rare synonym of grow. Wane and wax have been partnered in references to the moon since the Middle Ages.